Weekly e-Update from Poway High School for November 4, 2009
The strength of a man`s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. — Blaise Pascal, French philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
November 5-8                          Drama Production “The Taming of the Shrew”
November 7                             Mission Hills Band Tournament
November 9                             Late Start Monday (9:10)
November 11                           Veteran’s Day – No School
November 13                           End of Twelve Week Grading Period
November 14                           Marching Band Open Series Tournament
November 23 – 27                    No School – Thanksgiving
December 1                             Grades Carried Home
December 7                             Late Start Monday (9:10)
December 8                             Choir Winter Concert
December 14                           Jazz Concert
December 16                           Orchestra Concert
December 17                           Band Concert
December 18                           Winter Concert
December 21 – January 1        No School – Winter Break
January 4                                 Late Start Monday (9:10)
January 13 – 15                        Finals
January 15                               End of First Semester
January 18                               No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 19                               First Day of Second Semester
February                                  Grades Mailed Home
                                               
School District Calendar:  http://www.powayusd.com/calendars/2009-10calendar.shtml

College Week Live:
College-bound students will have an opportunity to chat live with admissions counselors and students at more than 300 colleges and universities during the College Week Live virtual online college fair scheduled for November 4-7, 2009. In addition to visiting virtual booths of participating colleges, students will have access to featured sessions, including how to write a college entrance essay, tips on test preparation, issues for student athletes, how to apply for financial aid, and tips for students who will be first in their family to attend college. Students wishing to participate should register for the event at www.collegeweeklive.com. 

Cheer Fundraiser:
Cheer is hosting a Shop-A-Rama Extravaganza this Saturday, November 7th in the Basketball Gymnasium at Poway High School from 11-3!  There will be around 30 vendors selling everything from clothing, purses and other accessories to baked goods and Buick open tickets with lots of good deals. Come out and support your Poway High Cheerleading Squads and their sponsors.

PHS Musical Auditions  “Once Upon A Mattress” 
Vocal Auditions - Mon. November 9th   @ 5:00-7:00 PM in the choir room N1-109
Materials and Sign-up list in N1-109 all week.
Callbacks – Tues. & Thurs. Nov. 10 & 12

Girls Soccer Fundraiser:
PHS Girls’ Soccer is holding several restaurant fundraisers to support our program over the next couple of months.  The dates are posted on our website at http://www.phsgirlssoccer.com/index.html.  The next one coming up is Monday, November 9, from 11:00am - 9:00pm at the Brigantine.  Download the flyer,
http://www.phsgirlssoccer.com/Resources/Brigantine%20Nov%209.pdf and 20% of food and beverage purchased will go to the Girls Soccer Program.

Big Savings On Buick Open Golf Tickets !!!!
Tickets are on sale in the PHS Student Store for the Buick Open Golf Tournament @ Torrey Pines January 25 through the 31st, 2010.  Tickets are $17 plus with each ticket you get a free $10 cash card to spend at Golfsmith Golf retail store.  Each ticket is good for one days admission on ANY DAY!   Please contact Diann Edens @ 858-748-0245 ext.5140 and set up a convenient time to come in and purchase your tickets and support PHS.  These would make great Holiday gifts.

Facebook?  Twitter?  Cyberbullying? 
If you find internet social networking confusing you are not alone!  Consider attending a presentation put on by PHS Senior Katherine Morris, under advisement from FBI Special Agent John Caruthers (as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award) designed to demystify social networking, allowing you to make more informed decisions about using them.  Classes are being offered three times at three locations:  November 2, PHS, Room N3-206, 6:30 – 8:00pm; November 9, Meadowbrook Middle School, Room 906, 6:30 – 8:00pm; November 16, Westview, Room D-118, 6:30 – 8:00pm.  Contact Katherine at 858-602-9019 or katherine.f.morris@gmail.com.

Math Lab is now open
Peer tutors will be available in the Titan Center from 2:30-3:30 Monday-Friday to assist students who may need help with their math class. Tutors will be available to help with homework, prepare for upcoming tests, and assist students with developing study strategies to become more successful students. Students are encouraged to drop in.

.Poway H.S. Theater Guild is producing William Shakespeare's outrageous "The Taming of the Shrew" this NOVEMBER! 
Our 1550's Rennaissance production features David Van Putten as Petruchio, Emily March alternating with Katie Stanley at Katherina, Jeremy Vasquez as Grumio, Emma Castor and Carly Rickards as Bianca and Lukas Castor as Lucentio.  Our SIX period-by-period PREVIEWS are Tuesday, November 3rdand our FIVE publicperformances at Thursday the 5th at 7pm, Friday the 6th at 7pm, Saturday the 7th at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday the 8th at 2pm.  Come out and enjoy our exceptional show!!!

                                                         Digital Oasis Sale:  November 2-9

Product	Regular Price	Sale Price
8 ½ x 11 Photo book (6 Pages) Additional Pages $11.50	$25.00	$15.00
18 x 24 Canvas	$100.00	$70.00
24 x 36 Poster	$25.00	$19.00
4 x 6 Flipbook	$5.00	$4.50
5 x 7 Pinch book	$10.00	$8.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start Smart – Driver Safety Education Class for Teenagers and Parents:
The California Highway Patrol has established a teen driver program aimed at helping newly licensed and future licensed teenage drivers become aware of the responsibilities that accompany the privilege of being a licensed driver.  Students and parents are invited to attend in a Start Smart class.  Classes will be hosted about every month and the next class is Wednesday, November 4 from 6-8pm at the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, Poway Station, Poway Library meeting room.

Attendance:
An exemplary attendance record is extremely important at Poway High.   Absences must be cleared within 24 hours. Please call the absence hotline:  748-7016 and follow the instructions.  If your child needs to leave campus during the day, please call 748-0245 X5113 before 7:00 am.  You may refer to PHS’s student handbook for other important attendance information.

Poway High Preschool:
Poway High Preschool is currently registering children for preschool. We have openings for children 3 and 4 years old, 5 days a week, full day or part day. Children learn social skills and build skills to get ready for kindergarten. For information or to register please call (858) 748-0010 extension 2722.

IS YOUR STUDENT’S EMERGENCY AND CONTACT INFORMATION CORRECT?
Updating information to your student’s record is now done on-line for your convenience. 
Login to https://onlinereg.powayusd.com/ParentLogin/ParentLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fapp%2fDefault.aspx

Friends of Poway High Foundation:
The Friends of Poway High Foundation has been working the past few years raising money to support access to technology and funding for programs that help students stay connected and be successful.  Over the past three years the foundation has raised money and funded the following items:

• LCD Projectors and computers for classrooms
• Maintenance and support for printers
• PLATO credit recovery software for students who need to make up credits
• Partial funding for the new dance floor for the Poway High Dance Team
• Funding the continuation of our Student Services Program
• Most recently approved the purchase of 20 new docucams or digital overheads that can be used to project flat and three-dimensional objects on a screen via an LCD projector in real time. (ask your student(s) about them!!)

The foundation is made up of parents, students, teachers, administrators and alumni all focused on helping make Poway a better place for students. One of the major areas of focus for the Foundation is the Titan Digital Oasis. The Titan Oasis is a technology center where students, parents and school faculty can create, learn and print anything they imagine. Inside the Oasis is state of the art computing and printing equipment where people can create personalized gifts for friends, classmates, and family while teachers can create and print their own classroom materials and projects.  All proceeds go to Poway High School and are distributed through the Friends of Poway Foundation.  For more information about the Titan Digital Oasis or the Friends of Poway Foundation, please visit the websites www.myschooloasis.com/phs/ or www.friendsofphs.org

The Friends of Poway Foundation is participating in several fundraisers at the El Ranchito Taco Shops in Poway located at 13654 Poway Rd. and 14149 Twin Peaks Rd.  El Ranchito Taco Shop will donate 20% of sales generated from 7am to 9pm on all late start Staff Development Mondays this school year (11/9, 12/7, 1/4, 2/1, 2/22, 3/22, 4/12 & 5/17) to the Friends of Poway High Foundation.  Please stop by for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or all three to help support Poway High School.  Please visit www.friendsofphs.org to print out a flyer and bring it with you to give to the cashier so that we get credit and thank you for supporting the Friends of Poway High Foundation.

We will also be having a fundraiser at Round Table Pizza located at 13510 Poway Road, in Poway, and 16761 Bernardo Center Drive, in Rancho Bernardo, on Wednesday November 18th from 11am-8pm.  Please visit www.friendsofphs.org to print out a flyer and bring it with you to give to the cashier so that we get credit and thank you for supporting the Friends of Poway High Foundation.

Athletics:  http://www.powayusd.com/pusdphs/ATHLETICS/

The deadline to turn in an application for 2nd Semester OCIS PE is Monday, November 9.

The Athletic Handbook and ALL of the forms required to get your Ticket to Play are now available at the link above.  You are now responsible for printing out the forms for yourself.

                                       WINTER SPORT TRY-OUT TIMES 2009-10

DATE    TEAM                                       LEVEL                          TIME                             PLACE

11/14    BASKETBALL, BOYS                VAR                             7:30-10:00am                GYM
                                                                                                2:30-4:00 pm                 GYM
                                                            JV                                12-2:30 pm                   GYM
                                                            FR                                4:00-6:00 pm                 GYM

11/14    BASKETBALL, GIRLS               VAR/JV/FR                   10-12:00                        GYM

11/16    ROLLERHOCKEY                      VAR/JV1                       6-7:00                           KITCARSON

11/16    SOCCER, BOYS                        VAR/JV/FR                   3-5:00                           STADIUM

11/16    SOCCER, GIRLS                       VAR/JV/FR                   5:30-8:00                       STADIUM

11/14    WATERPOLO, GIRLS               VAR/JV                        8-10:00                         POOL
                                                            JV/NOVICE                   10-12:00                        POOL

11/14    WRESTLING                             VAR/JV                        9:00-1:00                       DOCMUNDAY
11/16    WRESTLING                             FROSH                         3:00                              DOCMUNDAY

ALL ATHLETES MUST HAVE A “TICKET TO PLAY” IN HAND BEFORE REPORTING TO TRY-OUTS.  THIS SHOWS THAT ALL PAPERWORK IS COMPLETED.

Counseling:
College Visits – the following college visits will take place in the Titan Center (K-16), unless specified otherwise:

• November 5th

• University of Pittsburgh – 10:30

• November 6th

• NROTC – 10:00

• November 9th

• DePauw University – 1:00
• University of Arizona – 1:30

• November 10th

• Gonzaga University – 10:00

• November 13th

• Adelphi University – 8:00

* Visits are currently being added daily, so log into your Naviance - Family Connection account for an up-to-date list and to sign up to listen to a presentation.
SAT/SAT Subject Tests – The deadline to register late for the December 5th SAT is November 12th. Visit collegeboard.com to register. If you plan to attend a UC school, you must also complete a minimum of two SAT Subject Tests in two different subject areas by December 2009. Math – Level 1 isn’t accepted by the UC system.
ACT – The deadline to register for the December 12th ACT is November 6th.  Visit www.actstudent.org to register.
*Seniors:  if you plan to attend a 4 year college/university next year, this may be your last opportunity to take the ACT/SAT.  See your counselor if you have questions.
UC/CSU Application Deadline – The deadline to register for Fall 2010 admissions to a UC or a CSU is Monday, November 30th. To apply for a UC campus, go to https://admissions.ucop.edu/pathwaysF2008/Pathways. To apply for a CSU campus, go to www.csumentor.edu.  Application tutorials are located on your Naviance home page.
Class Rank on Transcript - In support of your son/daughter’s college and scholarship needs, you may request class rank be indicated on transcripts and letters of recommendation.  Please follow this brief process:

• Email our school registrar, Lynn Merrifield at lmerrifield@powayusd.com asking that your student’s class rank be added to their transcript.  Please remember that class ranking changes every semester.  You will need to request the rank be updated every semester.

Volunteer Opportunities – Looking for community service opportunities?  Visit our PHS website, click on “Student Services”, next on “Community Service Opportunities”.
CSS/Profile - Many seniors applying to private universities are asked to complete the CSS/PROFILE as a part of their application process. Colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools and scholarship programs use the information collected on the PROFILE to help them award private grant and scholarship funds. The information collected on the PROFILE helps colleges and programs award their funds fairly. If you are a student who is applying to a private institution and you’d like to read more about the CSS/PROFILE, visit the College Board website. Click here for a list of CSS/PROFILE participating schools.
End of grading period – November 13th marks the end of the 12 week grading period.  Students will receive progress reports on Tuesday, December 1st.  To access grade information for your student, log into www.learningpoint.org.
Math Lab is now open –Peer tutors will be available in the Titan Center from 2:30-3:30 Monday- Thursday to assist students who may need help with their math class. Tutors will be available to help with homework, prepare for upcoming tests, and assist students with developing study strategies to become more successful students. Students are encouraged to drop in.
On-line College Fair Begins Today - College-bound students will have an opportunity to chat live with admissions counselors and students at more than 300 colleges and universities during the College Week Live virtual online college fair scheduled for November 4-7, 2009. In addition to visiting virtual booths of participating colleges, students will have access to featured sessions, including how to write a college entrance essay, tips on test preparation, issues for student athletes, how to apply for financial aid, and tips for students who will be first in their family to attend college. Students wishing to participate should register for the event at www.collegeweeklive.com. 

Student Services:
Food Donations Requested
The Student Services Office feeds hungry kids and we could use donations of Cup-of-Noodles, granola bars, and other healthy snacks.  Donations can be dropped off at the front office with Linda Severino.  

Due to budget cuts, Student Services is only open periods one and two.  If you need any help, please contact Traci Barker-Ball at ext. 5393 or tbarkerb@powayusd.com.
 
Community Service Opportunities:
http://www.powayusd.com/pusdphs/Studentservices/community_service_opportunities.htm is now up-to-date.  Here are some current opportunities for students.  

PTSA:
Help Needed:
On Tuesday, November 10, the PTSA is hosting a thank you potato bar luncheon for the faculty and staff. If you are able to help provide some of the food listed below, please email Melissa Holiday at bjholiday@cox.net or call her at 858-945-2967 and leave a message. We need the following items:
10 bowls of 20 baked potatoes each (foil wrapped and already baked)
2 64-oz. containers of Sour Cream
3 32-oz. bags of grated cheddar cheese
3 packages (4 cubes) of butter
1 baggie of 3 cups of chopped chives
1 baggie of 3 cups of chopped green onions
5 large green salads (no dressing)
1 large 64-oz. Container of Salsa
12 desserts

Next PTSA Meeting: Wed. December 9, at 8:30 am in room K-1. No meeting will be held in November due to the Veterans Day holiday.

CONGRATULATIONS!  Catch the tide, Titan Pride!

The panorama picture in the Admin Office, shot by senior Mark Edstrom with a Canon 5D Mark II, is a composite of 28 separate photographs.   Working in Photoshop CS4, Mark spent 30 hours stitching and blending various parts together to make the final image which is just less than one gigabyte in size.  He spent over eight hours working on color correction and printing.  The PHS Digital Oasis printed this final Portrait of Poway High School.

Know of a student who deserves recognition? Let me know at lseverino@powayusd.com

POWAY HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE:
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/pusdphs/index.asp

This e-Update is informational only.  If you have specific questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.  Submissions may be provided to lseverino@powayusd.com and are subject to approval by school administration.

Linda Severino
Receptionist
Poway High School
858-748-0245

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